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Wuthering Heights (Pocket Penguin Classics) (Paperback)

by Emily Brontë (Author)
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  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Classics; New Ed edition (26 Jan 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0141023546
  • ISBN-13: 978-0141023540
  • Product Dimensions: 18.8 x 11 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 11,448 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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In a house haunted by memories, the past is everywhere … As darkness falls, a man caught in a snowstorm is forced to shelter at the strange, grim house Wuthering Heights. It is a place he will never forget. There he will come to learn the story of Cathy: how she was forced to choose between her well-meaning husband and the dangerous man she had loved since she was young. How her choice led to betrayal and terrible revenge – and continues to torment those in the present. How love can transgress authority, convention, even death. And how desire can kill.


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Emily Brontë (1818-48) along with her sisters, Charlotte and Anne, is one of the most significant literary figures of the 19th century. She wrote just one strikingly innovative novel but was also a gifted and intense poet.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A classic, 18 Jun 2009
I read this book as a schoolgirl and hated it; it was part of my school curriculum. Over ten years later, I'm reading it again and I love it! I'm seeing all the characters in a new light, and what horrible, ugly people they are. Emily Bronte does not compromise and go out of her way to create sappy, likeable characters. There's an energy and a freshness and an originality to it that I failed to see when I had to study it for my English exam. To me it was not one of the great gothic novels, which it is, though there are those who would categorise it as one of the great romances, it was just dark and dreary like its moorland setting.

Note that this edition, unlike others, does not contain an introduction, explanatory notes, footnotes, etc. While ordinarily I might consider that something of a bonus, one or more of the characters speak in a rustic English dialect, so a translation might have been nice. However, if you read it aloud, as my old English teacher suggested, (sometimes) it starts to make sense! (That's why I gave it four stars instead of five.)

So if you're not a fan of Jane or Georgette or all the wannabes that happened along afterwards, this novel just might be for you.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Complex, disturbing and haunted, 15 Oct 2006
By Roman Clodia (London) - See all my reviews
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Yes, this is a love story - but it's also so much more. Told through mutiple narrators, who all impose their own biases and viewpoints on the story that they're telling, this novel foregrounds issues of cruelty, love, passion, desire and death. That it was written by the reclusive, socially inept, and most probably virginal Emily Bronte underlines the problematic nature of the text. On one level it is the ultimate female fantasy, as Heathcliffe is Emily's ultimate hero (incestuously based on her brother?) yet on the other, it overturns so many of the conventions of the romantic genre in a transgressive way. The one thing that most readers agree on is the stormy, tumultuous nature of the story and the sense of peace we reach at the end. The only novel that Emily wrote (but read her poetry to savour her genius) this is still an experience that shouldn't be missed.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A Twisted Tale of Obsession, Love, Class, Hate and Fate, 26 Oct 2006
By Professor Donald Mitchell "Jesus Makes Me a P... (Boston) - See all my reviews
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Wuthering Heights is a surprisingly modern novel given that its authorship predates our modern understanding of psychology. Like many modern novels, Ms. Bronte has also explored the darker side of human passions and psyches more thoroughly than the sunnier side. Heathcliff will remind you of classic characters whose lives were twisted by fate like Captain Ahab in Moby Dick, Erik in Phantom of the Opera, Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, and the mysterious prisoner in The Man in the Iron Mask.

If there were ever two star-crossed lovers who have captured the world's imagination since Romeo and Juliet, they must be Catherine and Heathcliff. Yet, unlike, many such pairs, their unhappiness is heavily influenced by themselves.

As you contemplate their story, you are constantly drawn to the thought, "what if" thus and such had occurred differently? That's part of the great power of the story because it has so many unexpected twistings and turnings. A reader's expectations from a love story are turned upside down, sideways and diagonal from where those expectations normally rest. As a result, you'll probably decide this isn't a love story after all . . . but a tragedy. Taken from that perspective, you'll find yourself hearing echoes of Lady Macbeth and King Lear as you contemplate what occurs when the natural order is disturbed. Few English authors since Shakespeare have captured that sense of what can happen when the universe is disarranged.

What's great about this story? It's pretty simple: Emotional intensity in the writing; deeply memorable characters; doomed lovers; and a haunting glimpse at unshakeable obsession.

What's not so great? The story development itself is pretty awkward. Much of the story is told in flashback which steals power and immediacy from the narration. If ever a story cried out for being told in the first person (by Heathcliff, Catherine, Edgar Linton, Hareton and young Catherine), it's Wuthering Heights. The transitions from one key moment to another are often very abrupt. Sometimes it is 150 pages later before you get the full sense of what Emily Bronte meant to convey in some of those transitions.

What's less than great? The characters aren't nearly as appealing as those you'll usually find in a novel dealing with these issues. In that sense, the novel is more realistic than fictional . . . which helps create some of its immense power. It's probably a worthwhile price to pay.

Whatever you think of Wuthering Heights, you owe it to yourself to read one of the most moving tales that has ever been written. Pick a time when you're feeling reasonably happy to start the book. Otherwise, you may find your mood to be more than a little darkened for a few days.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Captivating
I was reluctant to buy another 'Classic' novel, having been sorely disappointed by critically acclaimed - and, in my opinion, overrated - classic authors in the past, but Emily... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Zoe L. Evans

4.0 out of 5 stars A Classic - definately worth the read
I picked up Wuthering Heights after a read a more modern book in which the main character is reading W.H. and therefore mentions the relationships in W.H. a lot. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Book Lover

1.0 out of 5 stars Mortified I Hated It!
Oh I am a bit bereft after reading Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, and not probably because of why you think. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars worth a read
I approached this thinking i was about to read a love story - "the greatest love story of all" - as i was led to believe but finished the book having the completely opposite... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Lilacstar

5.0 out of 5 stars Wuthering Heights
A fantastic book. Although I found it extremely frustrating that the above review completely explained the whole story.
Published on 14 Jun 2006 by Tara Mischenko

5.0 out of 5 stars the ultimate love story
Anyone who likes a good love story will be profoundly moved by this classic! Obsession for one another drives Heathcliffe to insanity and Cathy to her death. Read more
Published on 12 April 2006 by E. MCGARRIGLE

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